Welcome
Front Page
Site News
About
Story
FAQ
Moths
Weapons
Trade Routes
Tips & Tricks
Walk-through
Facts and Trivia
World Map
Gallery
Links
Files
Contact Me

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Welcome to Misplaced Optimism - your best bet for Hardwar information on the Internet. Here I collect Hardwar information, tips and tricks, as well as downloads and links to other sites. Below follows a short summary of the numerous sections of this site. If you didn't know, sections that have changed recently are color coded. The darker orange/yellow the text is, the more recent the change. See the news entry for a complete explanation.

Site and Hardwar News
News about this site and Hardwar. Check here to see if something changed since your last visit.
THE PATCH IS OUT!!!

Story
The Hardwar background story. What are you and what are your goals?

About
The background story of this site and some info about me.

FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about Hardwar.

Facts and Trivia
Interesting and non-interesting Hardwar trivia. So far completely unrelated to actual game play.

Weapons
A page describing all weapons in the Hardwar universe.

Walk-through
The complete solution for the game. Currently I only show a small part of it, but more will become available over time. Originally written by Phil Eckford.

Tips & Tricks
This is the main section of this site so far. Here you can get tips about many aspects of the game like trading, combat, general money making. You can also read about the only known Hardwar cheat here.

Trade Routes
A list with profitable and often safe trade routes.

Moths
A list of the moths and their capabilities.

World Map
A map of the Hardwar playground. Contains some minor spoilers.

Gallery
Shots from the game or other related images. If you have any great screenshots, send them to me.

Links
Links to other Hardwar related resources.

Files
The demo, patches and other Hardwar related downloads.

Contact Me
Send me an email or contact me via ICQ. Site comments, ideas, typo reports etc are very welcome.



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